davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19
RADICAL CHANGES.
Changes In Business Under the Inter.
state Law.

state Law.
NEW YORK, May 13.-R. G. Dun 81
Co.'S. weekly review says: a great
revolution in business is going on, with
radically conflicting accounts of serious
losses at some localities and in some
branches, and of wonderful gains at
other places, or in other departments of
trade and industry. The difficulty of
reaching just conclusion respecting
the general tendency is much enhanc-
ed. The Interstate act is one of the
causes which contribute to produce
this revolution in commerce. The ex-
pansiOn in the volume and change in
the kind of currency is. another not less
important, And the most unexpected
results are produced. The Interstate
Act clearly helps some who bitterly OPP
posed it and as clearly Injuries others
who expected great benefits from its
operation. Thus the river business of
the West is expanding under the influ-
ence of the law and the railroads are at
the same time getting large earnings
from the part of the traffic they retain,
while not few cities find, as Cincin-
natl does, that trade in many lines is
greatly embarrassed. One general ten
dency is disclosed by the urgent de-
mands for suspension or change of the
law, especially from those who most
favored its enactment. A Sc
Western cities which have been
the chief centers of distribution is in
progress and a multitude of smaller
towns are reaping the benefit. West
ern products don't, as a rule, gain any
thing in Eastern markets. If wheat
has advanced sic since the act went
into effect, corn and oats have declined
q fraction. Pork is about the same
price; lard &c lower; hogs &c lower, and
beef sells at the same price. Cotton has
been advanced tc, but this change like
the rise in wheat, is clearly speculative,
and therefore threatens reaction through
curtailment of demand. Railroad
building is not checked by the act as
yet and there is a probability that by
encouraging traffic at many instead OF
a few centerS of trade the law may
tend to the building of numerous loca
roads and parallel rival lines. The
output OF pig iron again increases
reaching about 1S9 800 tons weekly III
to May 1st. But this is probably the
high-water mark for the time, many
furnaces in the Pittsburgh region hav
ing since been banked because of TIN
coke strike, while other eastern fur
naces discontinue production on &C
count of railroad rates. Emo
nous imports also tend to de
preston. The lockout of the stoyI
molders has increased in Importance
and suspicious are growing that thu
manufacturers desire, through a gen
0ral suspension of work, to reach
higher range of prices for their pro
: ducts. The exports of wheat in Apri
were 6,524 .061 bushels, against 5 ,5S2,
975 last week with $50 $50 barrels o
: flour, against 7O3, l28 last year. Tn
, exports of breadstuffs reached S12, 5S4,
4S9 in value, against S1I $50 .94S las
year, showing that the comparatiyel
quiet market in that month fayore'
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19
Destroyed by Fire

CHICAGO, May ia special from
HillsbOro, Texas, says: Late Monday
night E. L. Nicholson, druggist, was
putting wall paper in the racks and his
brother was throwing it up to him, one
bundle he failed to catch and it fell
back on lamp, breaking it, and in an
instant everything was in blaze. The
fire spread with great rapidity and the
whole block, excepting one store house,
was speedily consumed. Losses,
Sl20 600: insurance. $50. 600
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19
Destroy the Brewery.

CHICAGO, May 1s.-A Journals spe-
cial from Des Moines, Iowa, says; The
big distillery here was served with a
notice to-day that under the ruling of
the supreme court it must close up.
About 81, 800 gallons of beer in watts
were seized at the Mates brewery yes
terday, which will be destroyed on the
advice of the attorney general, who de-
cides that all contents of the brewery
are liable to seizure whether bearing
government stamps or not.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

CAIRO, III, May 1S.-As John
Reachell, Low Hopping and Bob Boyd,
all colored, were blowing on Smithland
island, sixty miles above here, all in
about twenty feet, flash of lightning,
which came from small cloud in a
clear sky, struck them and their mules
senseless. When Hopping and Boyd
recovered they found Reachell, who
was in the middle of the blowing pro-
ceSsion, stone dead.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19
Shooting ARRAY.

TAHLEQUAH, I. T., May 1S.-John
Blair, Jim Christie and French Christie
were returning from a corn-stalk shoot
ing in the Flint district, where they
had INDUCED very freely in liquor,
when Jim Christie and Blair fell out.
Christie shot Blair in the side, NOR
tally wOunding him, whereupon Blair
shot Jim Christie through the head,
killing him instantly. He then turned
and shot French Christie through the
shoulder. seriously Wounding him also.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19
CROSS KEYS AND PORT REPUBLIC.

June g, JAG named py
Ewel, was at Cross Keys, written also Y
Keys.
In this famous race the Confederate army
had now nearly reached the upper end OF the
Shenandoah, and had not yet been captured
Either side of them an army quite equal
in size to them ready to pounce upon them
About six miles southeast of Gross Keys was
Port Republic, on the south fork. Here there
yet remained bridge. All depended on
whether Shields on the east side or jackson on
the west side of the south fork reached Port
Republic and that bridge first. On the Sth
jackson himself, with his advance, was four
miles south of Ewel and nearer Port Re
public.
June Fremont attacked Ewell, and the
battle of Gross Keys took place. 1t was
fought by Jacksons rear and Fremont's adj
vance. Ewell had G, 200 men in action, Ere
mont about 5000. This was the sixth battle
In the campaign of the Shenandoah valley.
The battle began at IL in the forenoon and
lasted till dark.
The battle of Cross Keys itself was not
decisive one, but it resulted in decided adj
vantage to the Confederates. 1t kept Ere
mont back, and thus prevented him from
attacking Jackson's whole force in the rear
while Shields fell upon him on the left and
east.
Already had Shields advance reached Port
Republic when the battle of Cross Keys was
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19
sAeNANDoAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN.

He vas immediately pursued by Gen James
Shields with division from Banks corps
e was evidently JacksonAS intention 70 keep
within communicating distance Of Johnston,
and 20 join him If advisable.
Shields pursued jackson e. far - New
market This was point within Fifty miles
Of Johnston. Shields seemed 70 be driving
he ene Confederate army 70 TIE othsr; he
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

This exploring party was surrounded by hos
tile Indians and cut to pieces, only Gen. Lam
der himself escaping. He made five expedi-
tions altogether across the continent, all Of
them attended with danger and full of the
element Of the romantic. he was perhaps
the only American who ever brought back an
unexpended fund from congressional ap-
preparation. Wherever dash and bra
very, as well as correct Judgment, were
required, Lander was to be de-
pended on. In 1860 he married
the gifted actress, Jean Davenport. In 1861
he offered his services to Gen. Scott, for the
war, Gin any capacity, at any time and for
any duty" His offer was accepted, and from
that time on till his career closed, all too
early, he was to be found where fighting was.
He was wounded in the leg at Edwards
Ferry, but before the wound healed he was
of at Romney, Va, commanding the forces
there Once he marched 1900 men forty
three miles through deep snow, and without
rest and with almost no food, charged them
routing it completely. So impetuous was he
that with single aid he galloped ahead Of
his men and demanded and received the Com
federate commanders sword.
So little is known, however, of this brilliant
and romantic figure that his name is seldom
mentioned in the war "reminiscences which are
now at flood tide in the country. 1t is because
Gen. Lander died SO early in the war. Soon
after the beginning of 1862 his health
failed and he was at length stricken with
a typhoid fever. He applied for leave Of abb
sence from military duty, but before the per-
NIT came, while ne was yet waiting, word
came that Jackson's men were in the neigh
borhood. He rose from his bed, called his
aids about him and, with the old time fire in
his eye, purposed to make midnight attack.
At that moment his hour struck. He was
seized with a sudden congestion OF the brain
and died in few minutes.
He was man of fine physique and extra
ordinary personal magnetism II he had
lived he would have been among the larger
figures of the war.
Lander dying, Gen. James B. Shields was
placed in command of his division.
Gen James B. Shields was one of the old
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

and prevent Nc MAI. GEN. J. c. FREMONT.
DoweIl from joining Mcclellan before Rich
mond. He had now to look out for his own
safety.
On the 10Th jackson began to retreat from
the Potomac south and up the Shenandoah
valley. 1t was necessary to use all possible
haste, in order to slip through between Ere
mont on the west and Shields division of Nc
Dowell's corps on the east. Once past them
he could go to Johnston's army and to Rich
mond.
May 90, before leaving the Potomac, his
rear guard made pretended attack on Har-
per's Ferry and Charlestown, while his sup
ply and ammunition trains were being sent
south in the advance. Jackson's favorite sol
diers were those of his old command, called
the Stonewan brigade. They led the attack
on Charlestown.
Many of Jackson's soldiers were from the
vicinity of Charlestown and had not seen
their families for year. But not a moment
were they allowed to delay. After making
the show of battle at Harper's Ferry and
Charlestown they were hurried southwark.
May 80 Jackson's whole army was at Win
chester, heading southwark for Strasburg
with might and main.
Both Fremont and Shields-one on one side,
the other on the other-were trying TO get
there too, and to get there before jackson
The daring Confederate was thus "between
the devil and the deep sea-" It was one of
the most exciting races OF the civil war.
Strasburg was the key to the situation. For
jackson it was Strasburg and liberty; or,
losing it, humiliation. Both Shields and
Fremont had expressed their determination
to "bag Jackson"
May 81, after forced march across the
mountains, Fremont had gained the road be
tween Winchester and Strasburg. jackson
had passed that point only few hours be-
fore. Fast followed Fremont. He caught
Jackson's rear. There was sharp skirmish,
June l. Fremont's advance was beaten back.
Victoryi Jackson was at Strasburg. Be
tween afternoon May so and daylight june
his men had marched from Harper's Ferry
to Srasburg, fifty miles.
1t was Gen. Ewell-RichardS toddard Ewen
who drove back Fremont's advance at
Strasburg and enabled jackson to reach that
oitv II, saf atv Ewa11 Was horn IN the Dis
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

CHICAGO, May 14.-ShOrtly before
noon destructive fire broke out in
Hammond, Ind, caused by a spark
from a passing switch engine falling
into some shavings near the four story
distillery of Nj. N. Stowley, which in
less than ten minutes consumed the
structure. The town has no fire APP
paratus and the flames quickly spread
TO an adjoining structure owned by
Mr.. Stowle and used as butterine
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19
Hammered Tnsensible.

CHICAGO, May 1s.-In struggle
with four thieves who were caught
burglarizing Scheneman & Company's
packing house at Fortieth and Halstead
streets last night Henry Umbach, q
private Waterman, captured Jerry
Healey, after hammering him almost
insensible with his revolver, and shot
one of his three companions who tried
to rescue him. The wounded man was
carried off by his COMPANIONS.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

large shipments; but prices
have since climbed rapidly,
with sales of nearly $4,000. 900
bushels in g week, and exports are
checked, while accounts of seeding
show large increase of acreage in
Dakota and Minnesota. The lumber
trade shows an increase of demand with
scarcity in some lines. The business
failures during the last seven days
number for the United States, I35; for
Canada, thirty-two; total, 1877, against
1872 last week and 176 the correspond
ing week last year. Failures are de-
creasing in all parts of the country eX-
eept perhaps in Canada and the Prov
inc0S
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

trict of Columbia
in 1916. He was a
West Point gradu-
ate, like most of
the leading officers
of the civil war on
both sides. He was
a Mexican war Off
GER, had seen hard
Indian service, and
during the civil
war took part in
the toughest of the
fighting in Virginia
from the beginning
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19
THE SHENANDOAH.
The Valley Campaign Of Twenty
Five Years ago. ia
STONEWALLJAOKs0N'sRAII
But Now "Those Knights ara Dust,
Their Good Blades Rust"

Portraits 0R the Leaders On Both Sides
In the shenandoah valley Campaign
OF the Spring and Early Summer OF
1s62-HOw stonewau jackson Out
vsitted Armies Three Times as Large
a. His Own and Escaped-Interesting
Personal Sketches.
One hand on the ssber and one on ths rein
The troopers move forward In lins on the plain.
As rings the word "0aliopI" the steel scabbards
clank
And each roweI Is pressed TO q hesse's hot aauH;
And swift ID the rush as thu villa E5Erent,s aow
When it pours from the eEagon the valley below.
The trend Of the land In the Shenandoah
Ridge mountains, you viii see on the map, Lie
due northeast and southwest Almost in q
line parallel with them, having the very
mountain foot with its blue and rushing
waters, runs the romantic Shenandoah. It
flows northeast and empties into the Potomac
at Harper's Ferry. To the westward and north
are other ranges of peaks. Between the lines
OF mountains are long narrow stretches Of
valley, down which the wind and files Of cav
ton. Both wind and soldier swept down
those valleys many and many time during
the civil war. The Shenandoah region is
cris-crossed with the lines of advance and re-
treat; its stony soil scantly covers the crum-
bling bones OF many brave horse and
rider.
In the spring Of 1862 Gen. Thomas Jona-
than Jackson c. 8. A. spread dismaY first
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

the Shenandoah
valley. This was
Brig. Gen. Freder-
lex West Lander.
He was born In
Salem, Mass, in
1922. He was edu-
Gated at a military
academy in Yer.
mont. He was one,
of the surveyors of:
the Pacific rail.
road. One sxpedi-
ton for this pur-
pose ne organized
.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19


Shields division
was taken away.
Thus Banks was in
the rear of Jack
son. Fremont at
that time COM
manded the Noun
tain department.,
which included
northern Virginia.
Schenck and Mil
roy, Of his corps,
were sent with g.
600 men south from
-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19
Janausehe1E's HIashap.

NEWPORT, r. l., May 1s.-Madame
Janauschek fell down fight of four
teen steps in the Perry house last night,
breaking bone of the right forearm
and badly bruising her whole body.
The accident will cause the abandon
ment of all engagements for the rest of
the season.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19
Iniunctfon Applied For.

TOPEKA, Kas., May 14.-An injunc-
ton was applied for in the Shawnee
County District Court by C. W. Niles
against the Board of Commissioners of
Elk County, j. S Johnson, Clerk of the
county, and the Fredonia, Howard &
Southwestern Railroad Company and
the Fort Smith, FL Dorado s. North
western Railroad Company.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

served as a volun-
teer in the Mexican
war. When the
civil war began he
offered his services
as q volunteer. He
commanded a brig
ade OF Indiana
troops in West Vir-
ginia and in the
Shenandoah valley.
Flying around. to
the eastward again,
after the battle Of
Mcdowell, jackson
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

force should get
safely Of. 1t was
ork W hi C b
pleased the bold
C a velryman.
There were oppor-
tunities for dash
and daring, for
wild rides and hair
breadth escapes,
which appealed to
all the love of ex-
element In him.
And 30 it was he
met his death at
the battle Of Har-
Eizer-Ls.%R - =
Isrno = C0I EsR
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

- N-O VIA
time soldiers. He
was born in Ireland
in 1910; came to
this country and
served both in the
Florida and Mexi-
can wars. He was
q gallant fighter,
and was severely
wounded at Cerro
Gordo and also at
Chapultepec, in
Mexico. He had a
varied experience,
having been gov
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

fought on the Sth.
His cavalry had
crossed the bridge
here and planted a
gun at the bridge
entrance. The Con-
federateS drove
them back and cap
tured the gun. The
real battle of Port
r epu bile took
place next day,
June Q. After re-
pelling Fremont's
advance, Ewell,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

through the Shen-
andoah valley, then
through the whole
Union. His force
was both infantry
and cavalry; but
b Sc of the
swiftness and bold
ness Of his move
nents he came to
be associated in the
popular mind with
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

NANAIMo, B. c., May 16.-The bodies
of seventeen more victims have been
brought up out of the mine and six
white men and eleven Cinnamon are
yet to be found. The bodies were all
badly burned. Work in the south shaft
will be resumed to-day.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

factory and store room for machinery,
thence to the lumber yards of Williams
Bros, near by, and their entire plant
was consumed. It incldently licked up
several other buildings. In the ware
house of Lows s. Sons loss about 81, =
500. In the distillery of VIM. N.
StoWle s. Co. the estimated loss is 49,
600: insurance $50, 600. The loss on
the butterine factory is about SO, goo.
Williams Bros. estimated their loss at
$50, 900; insurance not known.
DESTRUCTIVE CONFEDERATION.
QUEBEC, May IA cOnhagration
this morning destroyed Rochetts tan
merry; loss $50, 900; W. j. Browns lum-
Der yard; loss $4,000; F. M. Mar
chand's machine and boiler works,
loss $4,000.
A MAGNIFICENT STEAMER BURNED.
BRISTOL, May 14.-The steamer
Empire State, which has been lying at
the wharf of the railroad company dur
ng the winter Just past was totally des-
troy by fire this forenoon. The fire
was discovered about l O'Clock. The
loss, including the work that has
recently been put on her preparatory
to the excursion season will probably
reach $4,000 Insurance, $4,000.
JIM JONES EXECUTED.
ST. LOUIS, May I4.-Jim Jones, col
ored, was hanged in Bowie county,
Texas, yesterday at / O'Clock for the
murder of Cate Hicks on August s.,
1886. Jones was twenty-five years old
and was known as tough character
and successful gambler in Texarkana.
In seeking suckers he visited a railroad
camp near Bassett, Texas, and for a
Whilewa the terror of the camp. On
visiting the commissary department
Cate Hicks, white cook, ordered him
out and in response Jones shot him
dead. He was found guilty at a speedy
trial, sentence was passed and
the execution was deferred
until confirmed by the supreme
court. A few weeks before the date
fixed for the execution Jones desired to
be baptized, but the sheriff refused to
allow him to be taken from the jail.
In consequence a tank was erected in
the jail and the sacred rites performed.
AT noon yesterday the prisoner was
escorted to the gallows in the public
square by the Bowie Rifles. On the
campus were assembled a thousand
spectators who, owing to the presence
of the troops, kept good order. At
1890 the murderer addressed the crowd
with the usual faith in eternal saliva
ton. AT 12:45 the moose was adjusted,
the trap sprung and death ensued in II
minutes. The body was lowered into
the coffin at ITO p. m. This was the
first legal murder in Bowie county
since the war.
RELEASED ON BAIL.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 14.-The
Grand Jury of the Criminal Court late
this evening returned six indictments
against David p. Hadden, member of
the Police Force Commissioners and
President of the Taxing District. Five
OF the indictments charge him with
felonies and one with mal-feasance and
non-feasance in office, which under the
statute, is a misdemeanor. Mr.. Had
den was arrested at 8 o'clock tonight
on capfas issued, and promptly furn-
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

ernor Of Oregon territory and United States
senator respectively from Illinois, Minnesota
and Missouri. While filling the last ONCE
named he died in 1879.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

CLAY CENTER, Kan, May 14.-Yes-
terday four great clouds came rolling
over and over and from as many differ
ent ways until they got together, finally
broke loose, and flooded the streets for
an hour or so. 1t could not be called a
cloud-burst, for the clouds and wind
from the east came first, then whipped
to the west. then to the south and
finally jumped to the north, doing the
most damage, as more water fell from
this direction. a good deal of damage
was done to the new Bonham opera
house block. The basement was flood
ed with three or four inches of water.
The register of deeds and Dispatch
Office is there. The Comstock house
was damaged to the amount of 800.
The b0arders were just sitting down to
supper when the west area-way wall
came plunging in on them. The water
was between seven and eight feet deep
in the dining-room. The water-poweT
dam was damaged considerably, one of
the sections being washed away. The
Narrow Gauge bridge was damaged so
that trains could not pass over.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

were undoubtedly
marching upon
him, McDowell's
force from the east,
Fremont's from the
west. How should
he get out and back
up the Shenandoah
valley2 He had ac-
complished entirely
at he had
planned to do.
That was to give
the Washi n g ton
authorities q scare
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19

The excavation for the new Normal
school building at Emporia was begun
the first of last week, President TAYLOR
says, and viii be completed before the
beginning of next years term.-Tope-
ka Commonwealth.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-05-19
The Pacific RaIIrOad InvestigatiOn.

NEW YORK, May 12.-The inyestiga-
ton before the Pacific Railway Com
mission opened to-day with G. p.
Morosini on the stand. He was one of
the firm of w. E. Connor & Company,
bankers and brokers in 1879 to 1885.
Jay Gould and his son George, were
also members of the firm. The names
of the confidential clerks of the firm in
1880, were given. Witness knew moth
ing of the books of the firm. They
were under the direction of Mr.. Con-
nor, who had charge of the brokerage
business of the concern.